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that increasing the influence of one joint lessens the influence of the
other influencing joints.
4 To check the shape with full-color shading, click the Select Tool. (You
might also prefer to cancel the selection of Jackie to eliminate the display
of the highlighted wireframe.)
5 To continue modifying the skin weights with the Paint Skin Weights
Tool, select Jackie and once again select Skin > Edit Smooth Skin > Paint
Skin Weights Tool.
There are several additional tool settings you might find useful as you
modify skin weights:
The Smooth operation smooths the weights of points by averaging the
stroked points with the weights of the surrounding region. This is useful
if you add to the weight values in some region but the points become
unevenly weighted. Uneven weights are indicated by mottled gray skin.
You can use the Scale operation with a Value less than 1 to scale down the
point weights of a stroked region.
As you stroke a region, the red circle icon displays the radius of the region
affected by the stroke. The Radius(U) value changes the radius.
You can select any of the Profile icons to specify the region affected by
strokes. The two leftmost icons are the most commonly used shapes.
1 After you eliminate the irregular region from the left breast, move the
arm to different positions to see if the breasts shape stays natural in
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